Activity Ten / Latitude
and Longitude
Instructions for Teachers |
Materials
• Overhead transparency of latitude and
longitude
• Two-page latitude/longitude handout (page1, page
2 - click to download a pdf file)
Learner Objectives
• Identify latitude, longitude,
prime meridian, international date line, and equator.
• Compute the latitude and longitude of
objects.
Procedure
• Using the Introduction
to Latitude/Longitude page, create a transparency
for the overhead. • Identify and discuss
the concepts of:
| Latitude |
Equator |
| Longitude |
Degree |
| Prime Meridian |
Minutes |
| International Date Line |
Seconds |
| Angle |
Time |
• To test knowledge, the two-page Latitude/Longitude
Handout may be used (see above). The answer key
is below. World maps may be used instead to create
a "Navigation Bee" in which students
test their skills identifying locations based
on coordinates provided by the instructor. Higher-level
identification may be done by having students
compute the coordinates of a city or a country.
Latitude/Longitude
Exercise Answer Key (click to download a pdf
file)
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